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Category Archives: Saskatchewan

We Have A Lot of Snow This Year!

I always had this sneaking suspicion that my memories of massively high snowbanks as a kid was influenced by the fact that I was, well, a kid, at the time and therefore, a medium-sized snowbank would’ve seemed like a mountain. Although a lot rarer than I remember as a kid, this year’s accumulated snowfall (and […]

¶ Posted 01 February 2022 § MemoryLane § Photo ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: weather

“A Warm Glowing Lantern” – Design Unveiled For New Saskatoon Downtown Library #yxe

This looks amazing – can’t wait to visit! New Central libraries have been built in most major Canadian cities over the past decade from Halifax to Winnipeg to Calgary to Vancouver among many others. And now Saskatoon will join that list! Every single one of these new Central libraries have become community hubs, centres of […]

¶ Posted 25 January 2022 § Library § Photo ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, education, saskatchewan

Saturday Snap – Not Sure Who’s Enjoying The Giant Snow Hill In Our Backyard More…

…these guys or the kids:

¶ Posted 22 January 2022 § Family § Pace § Photo § Sasha § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: saskatchewan, weather

A Few Random Covid Thoughts

A coworker observed that an occupational hazard of working in a place where we hand out rapid tests kits is the risk of people over sharing *why* they want the tests. This gives you this wild anecdotal taste of how widespread Covid is right now – business owners, parents, students, neighbours on each side of […]

¶ Posted 19 January 2022 § Family § List § News § Politics § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, economics, education, health

Saturday Snap – This snow fort is 1970s approved…

…but not so sure it’s 2020s approved! 😉 Getting an inspection from mom.. Snack packs at the ready (hot chocolate to come later!)…

¶ Posted 15 January 2022 § Humour § Pace § Photo § Sasha § SaturdaySnap § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute, weather

Saturday Snap – Why Does Our Fence Lean Inward?

When we bought our house a couple years ago, we noticed a slight inward lean to the fence. I didn’t think anything of it but after a couple winters, I realise it’s probably because *all the snow* from the green space behind our house (note the grass showing in patches further out!) likes to blow […]

¶ Posted 08 January 2022 § Canada § Humour § MemoryLane § Photo § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: saskatchewan, weather

Five Things I’m Grateful For – 2022 Edition

I’m not much of a New Year’s Resolution guy (“I’m going to lose weight this year!” Pandemic continues. “Shit!”) but always good to take account of the things you’re grateful for at this time of year. Who knows – maybe this could become another annual post tradition? Anyhow… 1. My Family So fortunate to have […]

¶ Posted 02 January 2022 § Family § List § Pace § PopCulture § Sasha § Shea § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, music, parents, saskatchewan

16 Year Old Connor Bedard Scores Hat Trick Matching Gretzky’s Unique World Junior Record

Then he went on to score a fourth goal to cap off an amazing performance! The last 16-year-old to record a ??? for ?? before Connor Bedard? That would be The Great One himself, Wayne Gretzky, who did it on Christmas Day 1977 against Czechoslovakia.#WorldJuniors | @BCHockey_Source | @WHLPats | #OurGameIsBack pic.twitter.com/Cpxclagh8i — Hockey Canada […]

¶ Posted 28 December 2021 § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: hockey

Music Monday – “Christmas on the farm/Back when a small farm could survive/House was always warm/And you were still alive.”

“Another Silent Night” – Megan Nash & The Best of Intentions

¶ Posted 20 December 2021 § MusicMonday § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music, saskatchewan

Happy 69th Birthday, Dennis!

Happy birthday to my father-in-law who turns 69 today. Here’s a pic of him and Pace standing in front of a tractor we stumbled upon in an Estevan parking lot that happens to be the exact same model as the first tractor they had on their farm, I think roughly when he was Pace’s age.